Subject: Re: have scsibus sleep only one time
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/11/2003 16:36:40
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, David Laight wrote:
> > 1) this wreaks havoc with scsibusses with multiple initiators on the bus
> > (vulgo: HA clusters).
>
> Yep - HA cluster definitely do not like, at all, one, bit, not at all,
> having the other initiator reset the scisi bus. Someone I know spent
> several weeks in NZ (from the UK) because of it.
I agree that resetting the busses can cause a mess.
I think we need a way to tell the SCSI code to not reset the bus. I think
it needs to be an option since there are valid times to need it. :-)
Take care,
Bill